Classic Sesame Street - There Are Chickens in the Trees!

[coyote374]

Now thete is a coyotein the tree there is a coyote in the tree come on chickens gotta eat there is a coyote in the tree........ Thtats me

[wyecee]

The leaves in the tree were in the shape of chickens if you looked closely.

[amiraprod525]

Jim Henson was trying to tell us something. Are we the chickens? Is life the tree? LOL I don't know but I used to love this segment!!!

[hauyn89]

"I happen to be a professional chicken" priceless!

A good modern fable the "experts" aren't always right.

[crazylove24]

LOL I agree...lol

[aqtna22]

Hey that's my Dad's voice! (the pig)

[kalii2]

Heh, I sing this randomly sometimes

[projektcancer]

@kalii2 Me too..I once did that at a friends house.I grabbed the guitar and they all thought I was gonna sing Michael Jackson or something..they all went LOL

[redfox409]

I like this. I like chickens and all animals too.

[iacoatl]

genial!...me encantaba este tema....aunque lo escuchaba en español

[Pam4Rob]

LOL@ I am a professional chicken

[rickyp73]

If there's going to be chickens in the trees for sure,then there's going to be a whole lot of difficulty bringing them down. lol

[leshager]

I looked it up and it said the earliest known episode was in 1994, but I know for a FACT this was on earlier than 94 because I remember my little sisters watching in when they were very little..late 80's im sure.

[bjmortie]

Sesame Street has been on since the 1960's. I have a 10th anniversary record album from 1978. So this could be from any time! :)

[stegaflaps]

This was from 1982.

[ShaiMyst]

yeah i was born in the 80s and this was being played as far as i remember... or at least before 1994

[greenxxghostie]

the chickens will have their revenge

[SJamesGray]

LOL, a classic. I smell a metaphor!

[pbalwant]

ummm...next to my girlfriend's home actually have about 15 - 20 chickens that lives in some trees on a lot of land.

The Government recently cut down the trees and now the they are walking around like a bunch of headless chickens. lol.

[blackout010]

There's a tree next to my apartment that has chickens in it right now as I type. They sleep there at night. I've seen it. That rooster is dead wrong. *LOL*

[glowworm2]

This is so funny!

[giantpanda371]

No chickens in trees, But there are turkeys in trees. The wild turkey that lives in every state but Alaska, Do go in to trees to sleep. Same thing for peacocks.

[Crassygyrinus]

Heck, better than getting eaten by a Coyote or Fox.

[acb06172005]

Hey now, I used to live in the country and we HAD chickens in the trees! No joke! That rooster is wrong. :P

[puppyshoes]

I did too

[nikima99]

YES!! I always sing this and none of my friends know it. Especially since this song makes no sense, but its fun

[varney2613]

LOL! Professional chicken

[Stubbsythecat]

This song still pops into my head occasionally - and I had to look it up just in case I had invented a silly song in my head for the last 25 years or so(with an accompanying visual of a guitar-playing pig)! I wonder what year it's from?

[cne08]

I didn't know chickens lived in trees.

[acb06172005]

Ours did!

[samuraix73]

My all time favourite Sesame Street clip, LOL XD.

[tarazod]

The Mad City Chicken loves this song!

[lovemeg5186]

Pardon me I quoted it wrong with the what will they think of next

[lovemeg5186]

Absolutely rediculous what will they think of next! LOL I love it. Great clip!

[HeyButtahfly]

I wish they had humor like this on modern SS.

[tigerslilly77]

I love this song!

[TheCheshireofQuidget]

The rooster's British!!! I never noticed that before!

[voodoopol]

POr fin!!!! por fin!!! ahora me gustaria en español!!! Dios que regalazo!!

[poshbah]

wont u listen to me please!

[maddiva101]

Huge chicken fan! love it!

[L8DSheena]

this is great! thanks for sharing this with us, havent seen it since i was little^_^

[frogz4me]

oh my goodness I've been looking for this forever! Thanks for posting it

[SakuraAngel24]

I've been looking for this song for years!

[Marbles471]

Wait....a "professional chicken"?  :,

[uofmrules1]

Talk about a protest song? LOL

[tarazod]

We knew that there were other Mad City Chickens out there. Great clip!

[krausemouse]

OMG! I had to convince people that this ever EXISTED!!!!! This is the catchiest little cartoon. lol. I knew I wasn't crazy. I remembered it from like 1982... when I was 2. haha.

[flickchicks]

I loved it! If you like chickens, have a look at 'A Fowl Fairytale', we've posted a short clip from the doco on our page.

[valorik]

This made me laugh when I was a kid. Brings back memories.

[SesameStrut]

I've spent all day at work with this damn song in my head. Loved it anyway.

[keversley]

i happen to be a professional rooster lol

[Anglochy]

Oh my GOSH THANK YOU for posting this!!! One of my all-time favorites!

[sweetpopz]

I've been looking for this song for YEARS! Nobody believes me when I say this song existed on the show! THANKS!! =)

[bcmguy]

thank u for posting my favorite sesame street cartoon. I tell everyone about this all the time!

[mamaweed]

I had a very heated argument with friends one night about the existence of this song. Now I have proof! TY

[gsfreak82]

It's still funny after all these years.

[kjkidd]

I want to thank you so much for putting this up. My brother and I haven't seen Sesame street since we were kids and we always talk about this cartoon to this day - this brought back alot of memories.

[HeyButtahfly]

LONGtime favorite of mine! I've always thought this is so silly.

[lovemeg5186]

ROTFLMBO! I love this clip!

[cbsteffen]

That was silly. Chickens hiding in a tree and asked to get out because they don't live there.

[macychick]

Thank you so much for posting this! I loved this song!

[thevillageram]

LOL This song is kicks up to this day! love it!

[SpiralTheJunglist]

my wife thought I made up this song when we were tripping. Thank you for proving to her it really was a song.

[ShazeemKhan]

"oh my god oh my god!!!! I was hoping this song would come on! lol" Same here :)

[Reefdevil]

^haha

[efil4own1]

Chickens in the trees, eh? Does Gonzo know?

[peabody66]

Gonzo's not a chicken. I do disagree with the roster on some levels. One day when I was walking in a neighborhood I happened to spot chickens in a tree. Chickens don't really live in trees, they like to relax in trees.

[BurtonAddamsforlife]

no- its just that Gonzo (I know he's a whatever) LOVES chickens- he dates them and such. One chicken named Camilla is his girlfriend

[Crassygyrinus]

Gonzo is also referred to as a "Geek". And a Geek act in a circus involves chickens, coincidence?

[ShaiMyst]

he married her lol

[SoloMan730]

Great to see this clip again...funny stuff!!

[snuggie007]

LOL! For years I would just randomly start singing this tune and nobody I knew remembered this song. I'm glad someone else out there remembers. Thanks for posting!

[Brinah]

oh my god oh my god!!!! I was hoping this song would come on! lol

[YodaBannon]

JESUS...HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN?

[RBCMLR33]

This song still gets stuck in my head nearly twenty years after I stopped watching Sesame Street!

[ronaldraymond]

the guy KNOWS there are chickens in the trees...and yet he insists on sitting BENEATH them. real smart. i guess he's never been to the tiki room at disneyland.

[MacLeaper]

I remember this cartoon quite well- funny song!